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1. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been released from years of detention¹. Thousands greeted her at her home in Myanmar, where she promised to continue to fight for democracy for her country.

2. Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has made it official: He threw his hat into the ring to be Chicago’s next mayor. He’s vowing² to fight any tax increases for city residents.

3. It’s been another deadly day in Afghanistan. Officials say at least ten people were killed in an explosion in the northern part of the country. They say the bomb was hidden in a motorbike along a busy street.

4. It’s looking a lot like winter today in Minnesota. St. Paul got a blanket of snow today, forcing residents to break out shovels³ and snowballs.

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1 detention
n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下
参考例句：
He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。 He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2 vowing
起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。 President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

3 shovels
n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份
参考例句：
workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人 In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。来自辞典例句